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Webster 1913 Edition
Separator
Sep′a-raˊtor
,Noun.
[L.]
One who, or that which, separates.
Specifically: (a)
(Steam Boilers)
A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
(b)
(Mining)
An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.
(c)
(Weaving)
An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
Webster 1828 Edition
Separator
SEP'ARATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
separator
separator
English
Noun
separator (plural separators)
- An object located between two or more things and hence separating them.
- A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.
- An agent performing the action of separating.
Translations
an object located between two or more things and hence separates them
device for removing one substance from another
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agent performing the action of separating
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
sēparātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of sēparō
References
- separator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “separator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.